6:21 PM,
Aug. 24, 2013

Kirk Gibson

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Goldschmidt, the Arizona first baseman, has been hitting clutch homers late in games this season the way that Gibson, his manager, hit them for the Tigers and Dodgers.

On the Diamondbacks' last home stand, Goldschmidt led off the ninth against Baltimore with the tying homer. Two innings later, he hit the winning homer. Those are two of his eight homers this season in the eighth inning or later that have tied the score or put the Diamondbacks ahead. ...